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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] back to 5.4 alpha
From: larry@garfieldtech.com ("larry@garfieldtech.com")

On 8/11/10 1:30 PM, Stas Malyshev wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I think by now, whatever you think on strict typing/typehints, it is
> clear to everybody that there's no consensus about this feature, and
> with Rasmus, Zeev & Andi, along with many others, being against it, as
> of now it can not be a part of an official PHP release.
>
> On the other hand, we have tons of cool features in trunk which aren't
> controversial and that we do want people to try out.
>
> So I'd propose doing the following:
>
> 1. Moving parameter typing to a feature branch (by branching current
> trunk and then rolling back the typing part in the trunk).
> 2. Starting 5.4 alpha process after that basing on trunk.
>
> Any objections to this?
>
> People that like the typing can still have them in the branch (and they
> can keep the branch as current as they want) and if we ever See The
> Light (TM) and want typed scalar parameters back, they're only a merge
> away.
>
> What do you think?

+1.

--Larry Garfield